The stats comparing Alston and James really do not say anything towards how
this deal should be compared. Rafer Alston is a better talent then James,
But James might be a better fit for are team.


>From: freewheel_99 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
>Reply-To: rappak@yahoogroups.com
>To: rappak@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Rap Pak] Re: Rafer out....Mike James in
>Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:22:52 -0000
>
>Here's some stats I dug up on both Alston and James from last season.
>I'm not a big fan of stats telling the whole story, but it appears the
>two players are quite similar in talent.
>
>Mike James 2004-05
>
>- Has scored 20+ points in 11 games
>- Has started 5 games
>- Has won 20 matchups against PGs (minumum 25 minutes to qualify)
>- Has lost 18 matchups against PGs
>- Has won 6 matchups against top 10 Point-Guards
>- Has lost 8 matchup against top 10 Point-Guards
>
>Rafer Alston 2004-05
>
>- Has scored 20+ points in 13 games
>- Has started 78 games
>- Has won 33 matchups against PGs (minumum 25 minutes to qualify)
>- Has lost 36 matchups against PGs
>- Has won 4 matchups against top 10 Point-Guards
>- Has lost 19 matchups against top 10 Point-Guards
>
>Mike James team has beaten Rafer Alstons team the last 8 times the two
>players have faced each other. This covers James time with the Bucks,
>Pistons, Celtics, and Heat and covers Alstons time with the Raptors,
>Heat, and Raptors again.
>
>

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